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Binucleating ligand
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Coordination_chemistry/1tCyeQUm">coordination chemistry</a>, a binucleating ligand binds two metals. Much attention has been directed toward such ligands that hold metals side-by-side, such that the pair of metals can bind substrates cooperatively. </p><p>A variety of metalloenzymes feature bimetallic <a href="/facts/Active_site/u9ua7rGu">active sites</a>. Examples include <a href="/facts/Superoxide_dismutase/8dzGVw5K">superoxide dismutase</a>, <a href="/facts/Urease/qh6XKw4w">urease</a>, <a href="/facts/Nickel-iron_hydrogenase/yH1THA7c">nickel-iron hydrogenase</a>. Many <a href="/facts/Non-heme_iron_protein/1tBGR0Y4">Non-heme iron proteins</a> have diiron active sites, e.g. <a href="/facts/Ribonucleotide_reductase/DlS3f14z">ribonucleotide reductase</a> and <a href="/facts/Hemerythrin/lcdQAmHS">hemerythrin</a>. </p>